“As a slave one cannot undertake obligations without the consent of one's master. As a citizen one cannot undertake obligations unless the legal system of the State in which one holds citizenship permits one to do so. Neither a slave nor a citizen is a free person, although those who are held as slaves or citizens may well be free persons: it is just that their freedom is not respected.” WellsMayPersonsStatesMastersCitizensSlaveObligationPermitConsentCitizenshipLegal System Author:Frank Van Dun
“[M]y conception of liberty does not permit an individual citizen or a group of citizens to commit acts of depredation against nature in such a way as to harm their neighbors and especially to harm the future generations of Americans. If many years ago we had had the necessary knowledge, and especially the necessary willingness on the part of the Federal Government, we would have saved a sum, a sum of money which has cost the taxpayers of America two billion dollars.” IfsWayYearsDoeTwoGovernmentAmericaIndividualLibertyGenerationsGroupsCitizensCostYears AgoDollarsHarmNeighborBillionsSavedCommitWillingnessConceptionPermitElectricityConservationFederal GovernmentFuture GenerationTaxpayers Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“But the wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting; that the State must follow, and notlead the character and progress of the citizen; the strongest usurper is quickly got rid of; and they only who build on Ideas, build for eternity; and that the form of government which prevails, is the expression of what cultivation exists in the population which permits it.” KnowsIdeasStatesCharacterGovernmentFormLawWiseProgressExpressionCitizensEternityPopulationFoolishSandStrongestPermitLegislationRopeForms Of GovernmentCultivationUsurpers Book:The Annotated Emerson Source: The Annotated Emerson
“In some of our subcultures, paper bags are often used to carry intimate personal belongings. And the sight of some of our less fortunate citizens carrying their belongings in brown paper bags is too familiar to permit such crass biases to diminish protection of privacy.” UsedCitizensPaperSightProtectionFamiliarFortunateIntimateBrownPrivacyBagsBelongingPermitDiminishLess FortunateSubcultureCrassPaper Bags Author:David L. Bazelon
“If I had the choice now, I'd make New Jersey a state where you can have a shall issue on conceal and carry. Now our legislature won't do that, but I have done recently is to make sure that we're making it easier for folks to be able to get a permit in New Jersey because they deserve the right to do that as law-abiding citizens.” IfsStatesDoneAbleLawChoicesIssuesCitizensEasierDeserveFolksPermitJerseyAbidingLegislatureNew JerseyLaw Abiding Citizen Author:Chris Christie
“We need a Supreme Court that will stand up on behalf of women's rights, on behalf of the rights of the LGBT community, that will stand up and say no to Citizens United, a decision that has undermined the election system in our country because of the way it permits dark, unaccountable money to come into our electoral system.” WayNeedsCountryCommunityDarkDecisionUnitedRightsCitizensElectionCourtSupremeOur CountryLgbtPermitWomens RightsSupreme CourtBehalfCitizens UnitedLgbt CommunityElectoral Systems Author:Hillary Clinton
“Now an American president like [Ronald] Reagan wouldn't have a meeting, wouldn't have a summit. He'd give 'em a warning and then - or [Gerge W.] Bush would give 'em a warning and then - whatever would happen. Because you don't allow the murder of American citizens. You just don't permit it.” GivingHappensPresidentCitizensMurderMeetingsEmsPermitWarningSummitAmerican CitizensAmerican President Author:Rush Limbaugh
“We must have constantly present in our minds the difference between independence and liberty. Liberty is a right of doing whatever the laws permit, and if a citizen could do what they forbid he would no longer be possessed of liberty.” IfsMindLawDifferencesLibertyCitizensIndependencePermitPossessedIndependence DayHappy Independence Day Book:The Spirit of Laws Source: The Spirit of Laws
“Virginia States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states' rights today are not those seeking the protection of the individual citizen, but his exploitation. The time is long past — if indeed it ever existed — when we should permit the noble concept of states' rights to be betrayed.” IfsShouldHumansLongStatesTodayPastIndividualRightsCitizensConceptsHuman RightsSeekingProtectionNobleCivil RightsDenialPermitExploitationBetrayedSlogansForefathersStates Rights Author:Robert Kennedy